The New Birth Part 1

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“Marvel not that I said unto thee. Ye must be born again. ”John 3:7. This new birth is the most important thing that a believer in Christ should obtain; it is the door of salvation. If a man hears the gospel for many years, but has yet been born again, he has no part in the kingdom of heaven.

“Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
Search the scriptures, and you will see that man from his childhood is evil, and that every imagination of his heart is evil continually. See Gen.8:21 ;6:5. When a man already has evil imaginations in his heart, they are sure to appear on the surface and be revealed in his actions.“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A Good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.” Matt 12:34,35

When a man has evil desires sown in his heart, he will certainly bring forth evil fruit. “Be not deceived ; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap . For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” Gal.6:7,8. See also Gal.5:19-21. This kind of man, who does evil abides in death; for it is written; “And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.” Eph.2:1 Being dead, if he would obtain the kingdom of God, he must surely be born again.

But man of himself can not be born again. He can not rise up from death and perform any work. A man living in the mist of sin has no power in himself to bring about the new birth and serve God. “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God , neither indeed can be.” Rom.8:7

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